Experience a full day amid the majesty of Versailles as our City Wonders experts lead you behind closed doors and show you the secret rooms and hidden private quarters that tell the incredible story of this legendary palace.

I am so glad that I booked this tour. This tour was the highlight of the weekend and I would highly recommend this tour.

Pauline

Tour Highlights

Skip the Line entry to Palace and Gardens with expert English-speaking guide

VIP access to hidden rooms and private apartments opened specially for your group

Guided visit inside Marie Antoinette’s private home at the Petit Trianon and around her gardens and rural hamlet

Small groups of 19 people or fewer

Escorted train travel between Versailles and central Paris

Headsets so you don’t miss a thing

Behind the Golden Doors

Of the 2,300 rooms at Versailles only a handful are open to the public. Let City Wonders open the others and give you unparalleled access to the luxurious apartments and rooms hidden behind lock and key.

Uncover the Secrets of Versailles

Life at Versailles isn’t all over-the-top opulence. See the hidden corridors where Marie Antoinette made her escape and tour the Petit Trianon and hamlet where she would retreat from the responsibilities of royal life.

Kick Back With an Expert

With groups of just 15 people of fewer, your day will be intimate and relaxed, allowing you to connect with your English-speaking guide and the incredible stories they share with you.

Description

Tourists and history buffs from around the globe travel to Paris to experience the opulence and breathtaking beauty of the Palace of Versailles, wandering the grounds and hearing tales of the French royal family. But how many can say they truly understand what it was like to live within the palace walls and walk in the footsteps of one of history’s most fascinating rulers?

On this full-day excursion from Paris, let our City Wonders expert guides take you inside the lives, loves and destinies of the French royals and their lavish courts. Best of all, you’ll find yourself with the unique opportunity to go behind the palace’s secret doors as guards unlock hidden rooms to give you unparalleled access to parts of the palace usually reserved for palace staff and a handful of VIP insiders.

Beginning on your private coach in Paris, our English-only speaking local expert guides will escort you to this magnificent palace, sharing tales about regal life at the Court of Versailles under Louis XIV, XV and XVI. You’ll marvel at the 2,300 striking rooms where kings and queens held court, including the famed Hall of Mirrors.

Then, with the help of a palace security guard, our experts will unlock the secret closed-to-the-public wings of Versailles to give you access to Marie Antoinette’s private apartments and the homes of influential mistresses, royal children, ambitious nobles and jealous courtiers. See the hidden chambers where Marie Antoinette spent much of her time and the hidden stairways and corridors she used to flee from the revolutionaries when her extravagant court finally came crashing down.

Learn about her quiet, rural life as she retreated to the Petit Trianon and her hamlet on its grounds and see for yourself where she lived a simple, country life. Find yourself lost in the tranquil grounds and gardens, far from the palace crowds as you hear stories that will bring history to life all around you.

Spend the day marveling at the beauty of Versailles, including free time for lunch to soak in the majesty around you. Enjoy your travel time and let City Wonders take care of all the details: the tour, privileged access, round trip transportation by private coach and tickets to create an impression of Versailles you are unlikely to forget.

Yse was really kind and attentive and tried to make everyone comfortable. We were a small group and having the priority access as well as the possibility to look into the hidden parts of Versailles was priceless. We enjoyed the tour very much and would recommend the tour and Yse to everyone!

Natalia was knowledgeable...

30 April 2017

- Patricia K Howes

Natalia was knowledgeable and fun - she made the day a pleasure. She started us off on the train from Paris to Versailles - giving us the background we needed to understand what we would be seeing. She was enthusiastic about Versailles and the history of those times and was able to pass on that enthusiasm.